The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the only UK-wide charity making a daily difference to the lives of people with cystic fibrosis, and those who care for them. We invest in cutting-edge research, drive up standards of clinical care, offer support for everyone affected by cystic fibrosis, and campaign hard on the issues that matter.

This role will deliver high levels of stewardship to a variety of fundraising volunteers, supporters and community throughout Scotland. This exciting role will identify, develop and support fundraising opportunities to maximise engagement and fundraising activity and to significantly raise regional profile. Working collaboratively with a range of teams, you will contribute to the growth of core income and supporter/donor involvement.

You will a team of relational fundraisers who are committed to delivering the very best. Working independently as well as being a key member of a high performing fundraising team, you will have proven experience of successful community fundraising and volunteer management. Using your insight, creativity and innovation you will develop and deliver a programme of successful and sustainable fundraising activity/campaigns and relationships within this region. An effective communicator you will have the ability to influence and encourage a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.

This role will be home based but travel to our Head Office based in Central London and throughout the region and at times the UK to support events, meetings and attend training workshops will be required. A full, valid UK driving licence or access to the use of a car with business insurance is a requirement of this role.

Closing date for completed application will be 8 Dec 2019, interviews will be held on wk. beg 16 Dec 2019.

Circa £34,500 inclusive of car allowance per annum + excellent benefits

12 months maternity cover contract

Interviews: Thursday 28th November 2019, further dates to be confirmed

Interview process: Face to face interview to include a short presentation

Closing Date: 24th November 2019, 23:55pm

Location: Regionally-based role covering Southern England, Western Counties, Wales and Northern Ireland with training and regional meetings being held in the Bristol area. The post-holder must be located within these areas for accessibility to the patch and ability to travel)

Are you a self-motivated and sharp minded individual with experience of Learning and Development that can help us beat cancer sooner?

We're looking for a brilliant Regional L&D professional to join us and...

• Provide practical and advisory support to the South England Retail Regions, forming close working relationships with the Regional Operations Manager (ROM) and their team, using local knowledge to inform and influence Learning and Development (L&D) activity and strategy.
• Lead projects and support regional, national and strategic initiatives in line with operational plans and cultural priorities within agreed budgets.
• Champion and foster a learning and development culture within the Region, ensuring that individuals and teams understand their role in supporting and promoting learning and development

At Cancer Research UK, we work to inspire volunteers, unite the scientific community, educate the public about cancer prevention and tell our story to the government to bring about change. Every day we achieve extraordinary things by being innovative, imaginative and bold in our work.

You will continue to champion and foster a learning and development culture within the Region, ensuring that individuals and teams understand their role in supporting and promoting learning and development.

Join our collective force and help us lead the way through...

• Developing effective working relationships with the Regional team: coaching and advising AMs how to identify learning needs and effectively deliver training interventions to their teams
• Providing ROM and AMs with the necessary tools and supporting them to confidently and competently cascade training and development programmes to their teams
• Researching, designing and piloting new learning and development initiatives, conducting full evaluation and preparing for roll-out via specialist trainers or field teams

In this role, you'll be accountable for the design, delivery and evaluation of all learning and development interventions within their Region and will provide summary reports to measure impact and use learning to continuously improve L&D products across the charity.

Our optimism and desire for success leads us to constantly challenge ourselves and others, which means you'll be encouraged to stretch both yourself and others in our dynamic environment.

To be considered for this role, you'll have significant L&D experience, ideally within a multi-site retail environment in a field-based role and will have delivered a number of complex projects from research to implementation to evaluation. We're looking for someone who has the ability to inspire and influence field-based customer-facing teams, with a creative flair that helps to drive innovative L&D solutions.

If this describes you, you can enjoy a great career with us as, together, we bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.

For the full role profile and more information about CRUK, please click here:

At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner. Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on

Please note, our head office is relocating from Islington to a new office space in Stratford, close to the Olympic Park.

Corporate Fundraising Assistant

• Annually: £16,380 plus Inner London allowance of £3,366 per annum.

• Region: London

• Location: Weston House - London

• Department: Fundraising Partnerships

• Vacancy Type: Permanent

• Working Hours Per Week: 35

• Closing Date: 20 November 2019

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated and enthusiastic Fundraising Assistant to join the NSPCC’s Partnerships Department. 

The team currently works with a wide range of sector leading businesses. The team raises funds through, strategic and commercial campaigns, employee fundraising and events. Our partners are truly committed to the work of the NSPCC and share our belief that they are part of a collective movement to end cruelty to children, influence societal change and fight for every childhood. 

As a Fundraising Assistant, you will support our partnerships by producing inspiring written materials, creating and delivering, exceptional stewardship plans for key individuals and helping to build and deliver campaign plans. The work is very diverse; you will be working collaboratively with Fundraisers and Senior Managers, helping them to deliver sector leading partnerships, secure new income streams, coordinate a variety of fundraising projects and events as well as supporting external meetings – the work you will help to produce will have a direct effect on the NSPCC’s ability to raise significant funds to help children in the UK. 

The successful candidate will be highly proactive and meticulously organised, as the role requires you to deal with competing priorities. You will need to consistently work collaboratively with other teams and departments and have excellent interpersonal skills, an ability to produce compelling written materials with great attention to detail. This role is responsible for providing excellent administrative support, to enable the delivery of critical income from the partnerships audience. 

We are looking for a go-getter to lead our approach to identifying and securing long-term, corporate partnerships for our charity. Building on our portfolio of current partners, you will work towards engaging new corporate supporters.

This is a really exciting role that combines new business and account management which involves researching, qualifying and securing new partnerships across Berkshire and the Thames Valley, while also maintaining excellent relationships with our current corporate partners and supporting them to maximise income.

We would welcome applications from candidates with strong corporate fundraising experience, who want to use their skills to make a real difference to the lives of the children and families that we support

If you are an enthusiastic and energetic individual, a natural networker and compelling communicator who enjoys working in a team environment to achieve outstanding results then we would love to hear from you!

Our core values are key to who we are.  We are looking for individuals who are committed to reflecting our core values in all that they do - Determined, Empowering, Valuing others, Integrity, Nurture, Empathy.

This role will require an Enhanced DBS Check

Closing Date: 25th November

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 3rd December

Vacancy with Community Housing & Therapy (CHT):

Fundraiser
 

Location: Vauxhall
Hours: 20-24 hours per week (negotiable)
Starting Salary: £25 – 30K
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave, pension, life assurance, an employee assistance programme, training opportunities

Company Profile:
Our Charity, Community Housing and Therapy (CHT) is a growing provider of Psychologically Informed Recovery Communities - 'where relationships are the treatment'.  CHT works with adults and young people who have challenging and complex presentations, and who have experienced negative childhood experiences or trauma, to enhance our beneficiaries’ development, health and wellbeing, with the aim of enabling them to lead successful and productive lives – providing a life changing experience.

We offer a good working environment as part of a small organisation that is passionate about providing high quality support to young persons and adults experiencing mental distress and complex psychosocial disorders. We have a strong sense of values, a clear treatment and support model, a strong training programme and ethos, and a highly supportive management framework.

About the role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join CHT’s Head Office team to grow the fundraising function of the charity.

The charity is in a period of growth and this role offers the right candidate experience across the fundraising area of the charity’s operations, and there will be opportunities for growth and development for the right candidate.

About you:

You will be a friendly and approachable person with a pro-active approach to work.  You will be someone who is highly driven and motivated, able to work both independently as well as being a team player. A strong candidate will have a proven track record of fundraising, particularly with Trusts and Foundations as well as experience of securing support for capital projects. Enthusiasm and a commitment to the charity’s aims are vital.

Closing date:  21st November Interview date: TBC

For a job description please contact Maria Miranda on the recruitment email provided

Application by CV and covering letter explaining why you are applying for this role

You’ll need creativity, drive and enthusiasm to motivate people to donate funds and to come up with new fundraising ideas. These ideas can be the more traditional methods of fundraising such as bazaars, sponsored walks etc or the more modern methods such as crowdfunding using the internet as a means. Excellent organisational skills will help you to plan successful events.

As a charity fundraiser you will work to increase the amount of donations made to DA and of course our ongoing campaigs to help alleviate the suffering in Syria and Yemen.  You’ll do this by contacting potential donors and coming up with new ideas to raise money. If you’ve got excellent communication skills and love the idea of supporting a charity, this could be a meaningful and highly rewarding career that offers what you’re looking for. Some of the duties you would be expected to fulfil :

1. Writing - Securing Bids from local council, wards, local & national charities
2. Organising events - at least 1 a month which could include treks, mountain climbs, etc in consultation with supervisor
3. Publishing of Marketing material both electronic and physical during periods of particular campaigns especially during (but by no means restricted to)  Ramadhan - Rabeea al-Awwal - Qurbani – Winter period - times of international disasters.
4. Teaming & Coordinating with local partners to bring about local fundraisers
5. Building a pool of volunteers for your charity this could include students from the Adult Courses, Madrassah and Tarbiyah Course in DA.
6. Organising a roadshow which will visit various cities for fundraising for ventures with scholars from Syria based in Turkey.
7. Corporate fundraising – arranging company sponsorship or setting up schemes for staff and customers to donate
8. Major donor fundraising – looking for individuals that may have an interest in your charity and wish to donate a large sum of money
9. Legacy fundraising – helping people to leave an amount of money to your charity in their will
10. Events – organising events like charity dinners, concerts or sports events
11. Make contact with individuals or companies who may be interested in donating to your charity
12. Research, develop and plan new fundraising strategies
13. Organise fundraising events such as fashion shows, charity auctions or fun runs
14. Manage door-to-door and street collections
15. Recruit, train and inspire volunteers
16. Keep records of fundraising activities and money raised
17. Manage the running of online campaigns via Facebook and other online mediums
18. Control budgets and meet targets for the amount of money raised
19. Report your performance to the director of Darul Arqam by submitting a monthly questionnaire.
20. Give talks about your charity to the public and write reports and press releases

Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are an independent and impartial international humanitarian aid charity that exists to save lives by providing medical aid where it is needed most – in armed conflicts, epidemics, famines and natural disasters. All these situations call for a rapid response with specialised medical and logistical help. They also run longer-term projects, tackling health crises and supporting people where the need is greatest and currently have projects running in over 60 countries.

They need great communicators to come on board and help them to raise the vital funds they need to continue this amazing work by getting out and engaging with members of the public about the causes they support.

MSF (Doctor's without Borders) are hiring this Autumn. Come and join the venue fundraising team and work in great locations and events whilst raising money for medical staff to save lives around the globe.

The Role: As a private site fundraiser you'll be working indoors in venues such as shopping centres and railway stations. They get to work at music venues from time to time and have been known to work at some amazing music festivals during the summer incluing BST in Hyde Park. You'll be approaching members of the public and engaging them in important, inspiring conversations about the vital work that MSF do around the globe. Ultimately, you'll be asking people to become regular sponsors of the charity, which involves signing someone up to a Direct Debit donation. This requires confidence, sensitivity and passion.

• Full training provided - no previous experience necessary, just a passion for their work.
• Opportunities for progession - grow your career with MSF
• Work in a fun, vibrant and sociable team - join the MSF softball team and attend regular socials.
• Work alongside field staff who come and fundraise on the team from time to time.
• Make lifelong friends.
• Gain charity sector experience working as part of one of the most innovative, in-house fundraising teams.

Successful applicants will be bubbly, passionate, vibrant, confident, great story-tellers and creative, as well as highly motivated and determined.

Previous experience in fundraising is not neccessary for this role but there are Team Leader roles, so get in touch if you've team lead a fundraising team before.

We're looking for people who have confident communication skills and a genuine passion for working as a fundraiser for MSF.

Whether you're looking to do something truely rewarding and fun to do, looking to gain charity sector experience or you're looking for a career change, this could be a fantastic role for you! We're open to hearing from graduates and gap year students, and people who are looking for a fresh new career in the charity sector.

CASE STUDY
"I started my career as a Face to Face fundraiser, I took to it quickly even though I had no experience. I quickly became a Team Leader where I was given a team to coach and support. My pay increased and my interest in a career in fundraising grew. My network of contacts quickly grew and I heard of a marketing and communications role at Oxfam. I applied and got the job. I oversaw a large budget and managed a number of national fundraising campaigns including TV appeal for the charity. If I didn't jump at the chance to fundraise, I wouldn't be where I am now. The fundraising network is tightly linked, progression is inevitable. If you genuinely want to make a difference to vulnerable people then become a Fundraiser You don't know where it will take it but it will push you further towards your goal."

Interviews taking place on November 25th, starting on November 28th with a further intake in January.

Get in touch so we can chat about the opportunity.

Marianna Flow Caritas Charity Recruitment

Lead, plan and deliver Empire Fighting Chance events including mass-participation, community and corporate events. 

12 months Maternity Leave Cover 

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Ensuring all events meet health & safety requirements, liaising with venues and suppliers, recruiting and briefing volunteers and staff for each event, acting as the main contact for all enquiries for the event, marketing to sell tables or recruit participants.
• Responsibility for recruiting and selling each event or activity to its full capacity through: converting enquiries into sign-ups, timely processing of bookings and invoicing, ongoing evaluation of marketing progress, and building strong relationships. 
• Stewarding supporters throughout the supporter journey by building good relationships, providing encouragement, answering questions and updating their records effectively. 
• Build successful relationships with corporate contacts and enhance their experience as supporters through: visits and talks, tours of the gym, arranging boxfit sessions with the Coaching team, encouraging participation in events, acting as the main point of contact. 
• Assisting supporters in developing and implementing their own fundraising events or activities for Empire Fighting Chance i.e. receiving enquiries and advising on best practice, guiding supporters to help maximise income and enhance experience, attending events as requested, following up and thanking. 
• Work alongside the Marketing Executive to develop and implement marketing plans for each event. 
• Capture and generate content for social media and the website including photographs, video, writing blog posts, event descriptions. 
• Research opportunities for new events and implement as necessary. 
• Support the Administration Assistant in processing fundraising admin e.g. financial reports, sponsorship reports, regular donors, banking and thanking. 
• Co-ordinating fundraising and awareness-raising within the community through activities such as bucket collections, representing the charity at events and courses, facilitating visits to gym, public speaking. 
• Assist in booking Team Building Days for corporate groups and helping to facilitate the days. 
• Organising and implementing (with support from the wider team) ad-hoc events, activities and opportunities across the organisation for example: theatre visits, dinners and balls, guest speakers, networking events, photoshoots, filming or volunteering opportunities. 

Relationship Fundraiser
Full time / part time by negotiation
Salary: Circa £25,000 per annum, (Pro-rata if part time)
Closing Date: 10:00am Monday 2nd December.
Interviews: Friday 13th December

This exciting new role will enable the right candidate to make their mark on this long-standing and well-respected community arts charity with a big vision.

Junction Arts is a participatory arts charity (based in Chesterfield), engaging communities across Bolsover District, North East Derbyshire and rural areas of the East Midlands for over 40 years. We are looking for a fundraiser to develop a fundraising strategy with the donor at the heart of it to substantially grow our income over the next 5 years.

This post will be based at the Junction Arts office in Chesterfield.

Please download and read the Job Description and Person Specification and tell us in the application form how you best meet the needs of the job. 

Successful applicants for interview will be notified by 5th December. If you have not heard from us by the 5th December you may assume that you have not been shortlisted for interview. Interviews will be held on 13th December in Chesterfield.

Part-time, one-year fixed-term contract

21 hours per week

3% matched pension contribution on successful completion of probation

Woman’s Trust seeks a part-time Female Fundraiser to join our small and vibrant team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our projects; researching and securing appropriate funding for the organisation so we can continue to support women impacted by domestic abuse. Woman’s Trust is a BACP accredited Person-Centred/Humanistic counselling service.

On a day-to-day basis responsibilities include drafting, editing and submitting funding applications, researching funding opportunities, building effective networks with key funders, building up a knowledge base of suitable funding bodies, co-ordinating the submission of grants and the reporting process, writing some of the funding reports, dealing with fundraising queries and working closely with the CEO, fundraisers, the Reporting Officer, Finance Manager, lead managers, project staff and volunteers, and to ensure a joined up approach towards fundraising.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday, 8th December 2019.

Interview date: Week beginning 16th December, subject to change. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Rwanda Aid is looking for a dynamic fundraiser with experience of working with corporates, individuals and trusts.  We are passionate about what we do and believe that we have developed an effective model that provides real value for money. We work closely with the community to identify the most pressing challenges and then pilot innovative solutions to those challenges, solutions which are so effective that they are adopted and replicated by the community and the government. This ensures scale and sustainability. 

We need someone with energy and enthusiasm who can convey this to prospective donors.  We're not a large corporate charity - you'll be able to contribute and express yourself, whilst helping some of the poorest people in the world.

Founded in 2008 Rwanda Aid works to relieve poverty in the south west region of Rwanda by supporting effective education and enterprise. It has a particular commitment to those living on the margins of society, especially street children and young people living with disability. You can learn more about our work by visiting our website.

Key Responsibilities will include the following:

Corporates: Manage an existing portfolio of corporate donors and funded projects. Explore opportunities for new corporate funding. Attend meetings with corporates. Organise funder visits and corporate volunteering.

Trusts: Research suitable trusts/foundations to approach. Manage applications and reporting for trusts and foundations.

Events: Help with the planning and organising of fundraising events.

Social media: Make regular posts on facebook, twitter and other appropriate platforms. Work closely with the CEO and Operations Director to ensure that the website is always up-to-date

In order to apply you should have the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience of fundraising from corporates and trusts
• Demonstrable success of securing five figure grants
• Excellent creative proposal writing combined with the ability to demonstrate clear outcomes and impact
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with excellent copy writing and proof- reading ability
• Proven analytical skills and the ability to think strategically in relation to fundraising
• Experience of preparing, controlling and presenting budgets and working knowledge of charitable financial accounts
• Sound understanding of international development issues
• Good computer skills including Word, Excel, and databases
• Ability to manage own workload and work to tight deadlines
• Ability to work effectively with others and in a team

Desirable:

• Knowledge or experience of project development tools such as log-frames, and project cycle management
• Experience of social media management

Terms

The post is permanent. Initially it will be for two days a week. The hours are flexible and for the most part you will be working from home.

Your line manager will be the Rwanda Aid Chief Executive Officer and you will be required to attend meetings of the fundraising sub-committee.

Salary will be in the region of £25 000 pa in accordance with qualifications and experience, paid at a pro rata rate of £10 000 for two days a week. There is the potential for the job to grow to full-time.

Starting date is flexible but ideally early in 2020

Timetable

Closing date for applications is November 22nd 2019

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview in London on December 4th.

A growing and ambitious Charitable Trust is looking to recruit a talented and driven Corporate and Community Fundraiser into the central Birmingham team.

Reporting into the Head of Charity and working as part of a dynamic fundraising team, this role will be responsible for developing voluntary income from individuals and organisations through community and corporate fundraising events, products and partnerships nationally.

Key responsibilities within the role will include:

• Support the delivery of the Charitable Trusts fundraising plans and targets
• Be the point of contact for fundraising activities and ensuring the highest levels of donor care are achieved
• Assist with the logistics, recruitment and co-ordination of volunteers and events
• Roll out new fundraising initiatives with the Head of Charity
• Work proactively to raise the profile of the Trust within the local community and nationally
• Support the community fundraising events programme and the development of in-house fundraising events
• Promote and maximise the opportunities for Gift Aid
• Support the development of the Trusts social network presence
• Manage, together with the events co-ordinator, the annual calendar of corporate and community fundraising events

This role will be pivotal in the growth of the Charitable Trust in 2020 and experience in the following is essential:

• Previous corporate fundraising experience
• Excellent sales and negotiation abilities and exceptional communication skills
• IT and social media skills
• Excellent administrative and project management skills

The closing date for applications for this role is Wednesday 20^th November and interviews will be held on Monday 25^th November.

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An unusual opportunity to improve primary health services in Africa with the UK’s leading telemedicine charity. The Fundraiser will be a reliable self-starter who will enjoy an entrepreneurial role working for our small ground-breaking charity. The post holder will be responsible for implementing a successful programme of fundraising across multiple income streams which will include Community and Lifestyle Groups, Challenge events, Regular and Ad hoc givers, Major Donor and  Corporate/SME, Online mechanisms and other Ad Hoc campaigns. They may also apply to small community funds. This role works in close collaboration with the Executive Director and the Operations Director – Zambia and the Executive Business Assistant. The role is 2 days a week and could be expanded for an exceptional fundraiser. Home based or Worthing office. Please read website and send CV for full job description.